San Marino
 San Marino |
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 Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Bahá’í Faith in San Marino, 2004.
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| Location of San Marino
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| Total Population | ||
| - | UN 2021[1] | 33,745 |
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| - | Bahá'í source | |
| - | Non-Bahá'í source | 309 |
| History: Firsts |
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| - | Local Bahá'í | 1971, Vincenzo Giardi 1971, Olga Carattoni |
| - | Pioneers | 1953, Tábandih Paymán 1954, Suhráb Paymán |
| - | Local Assembly | 1972 |
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| Categories: San Marino • People | ||
The Republic of San Marino is a small country in Europe located within Italy. Its official language is Italian, and Christianity is the predominant religion.
The country was part of the Papal States in the Middle Ages, becoming independent in 1291. It established a constitution in 1600 and a Declaration of Citizen Rights in 1978.
The Bahá’í Faith was first present in San Marino in 1953 with a small community becoming established in the early 1970s. The community is administrated by a single Local Spiritual Assembly.
History[edit]
In 1953 Shoghi Effendi launched the Ten Year Crusade, a teaching plan which aimed to establish the Bahá’í Faith across the world. San Marino was a goal territory of the crusade and was opened to the Faith in late September 1953 by Tábandih Paymán who was joined by her husband Suhráb a few months later.[2] The Payman's initially taught the Faith by establishing personal contacts and sharing Bahá’í literature and gradually were able to establish a fireside which grew to be attended by forty to fifty participants.[3]
While the Payman's were joined by a series of pioneers none were able to stay in the country long-term,[4] although notably in December 1957 a Bahá’í couple married in their home with the marriage being the first to be officially recognized by the government of San Marino.[5]
In 1971 Vincenzo Giardi and Olga Carattoni, a married couple, declared at a fireside which was attended by Ugo Giachery becoming the first San Marino Bahá’ís.[6] A year later Vincenzo's brother Marino also declared,[3] Loredana Pinotti declared around the same time,[6] and the Local Spiritual Assembly of San Marino was established in 1972.[4]
In 1984 Maria Luisa Viccini, a local Bahá’í, donated land for the communities use with the Local Spiritual Assembly becoming officially incorporated to assume ownership of the land,[4] and in 1985 the Promise of World Peace message of the Universal House of Justice was shared with the Head of State of San Marino.[7] In July, 1989, an international European Bahá’í Youth Conference was held in San Marino which was attended by six hundred youth and received prominent media coverage.[8]
In September 2004 the 50th Anniversary of the Bahá’í Faith in San Marino was celebrated at a gala dinner which was attended by the countries Secretary of State for Industry.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ↑ Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 337
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 339
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 340
- ↑ Baha'i News (1958). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 326, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 495, Pg(s) 24. View as PDF.
- ↑ Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 341
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 354. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2006). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 33 (2004-2005), Pg(s) 78. View as PDF.
